"Calm down, your nerves are making me nervous." Kaoru complained from where he sat on the bed, his hands wrapped around his belly. Hikaru stopped pacing and sat down next to his twin.

"Sorry. How can you expect me to be calm, you're sick, I had to take you to the hospital Kaoru, we've been here for a while and you're hurting, the fever got worse and you've started shaking. How can I not worry."

"The nurse told you the shivering was caused by chills and was most likely from the fever. We've both had those before it's nothing to-"

"If it was nothing, you wouldn't have stomach aches and a fever." Hikaru crossed his arms, Kaoru looked away.

"I'm sorry, I know you're scared and the way I was back in the music room, I-"

"You're hurting, I don't want you to feel like you have to be sorry. I probably would have done a lot worse. I can't stand to watch you go through this."

"Hikaru?"

"What is it?" The older boy asked alarmed.

" Do you want to go home, I can understand this is hard for you."

"We're not going anywhere, You need to see a doctor, If we went home and-"

"I know, I didn't say 'we' I asked if you want to go y-" The soft voice was filled with guilt. Hikaru hated himself in that moment. He placed his hand under his brother's chin forcing him to meet his gaze.

he then used his orher hand to check the fever.

"Oh Kaoru, is your fever that bad, or am I just a terrible brother, of course I'm not going to leave."

"If you want to go, it's okay, I won't be upset, I can call you when they tell me something."

"I'm so sorry Kaoru, I didn't mean to hurt you. I don't want to leave, it isn't what I meant. " Hikaru held him close . A moment later Kaoru gasped in pain. Hikaru stood up placing his hands gently his twin's shoulders carefully leaning the boy back .

"Rest, the doctor should be in any minute."

"H-Hikaru, I'm so cold." Hikaru took off his school blazer and laid on his brother.

"Hopefully with the blanket it'll it easy." A dark haired woman entered the room, she wore wire frame glasses and a white lab coat.

"Kaoru?" The teen nodded.

"I'm Dr. Shen, I see from your chart that you've got some tummy trouble." She spoke gently, again only recieving a looked down at the chart

"You also have a moderately high fever with chills , let's take a look and find out what's going on." She pulled out a stethoscope from her pocket, and began listening to Kaoru's heart..

"What's his heart have to do with his stomach pains?" Hikaru asked impatiently.

"Standard proceedure, you'd be surprised what you find some times. His heart rate is a bit fast but to be in that much pain it's normal. Kaoru, if you'll allow me to, I'll take a look at your belly, I'm just going to press down in different spots, can you tell me where it hurts?"

"Mostly the right. A little bit in the middle." nodded. Sensing Kaoru's anxiety, Hikaru stepped to the bedside across from the doctor and held his hand.

"Kaoru, if it hurts, you can squeeze my hand okay?" The ailing biy nodded and the doctor began the exam .

"Nothing on the left?"

"No." Dr. Shen slowly moved to the middle, Kaoru moaned softly.

"that hurts a little."

" Just a little more, I need you to try to relax when I do this." Hikaru felt Kaor tighten his grasp and prepared himself. Dr. Shen applied pressure to the boy's abdomen.

"Stop!" Kaoru cried out squeezing Hikaru's hand with aa vice like grip.

"Shhh, Kaoru, it's okay. " He soothed.

"I'm sorry to have to tell you this boys, Kaoru's got appendicitis, he's going to have to stay fora while. He needs an operation to take the appendix out."

"He'll be okay won't he?" Hikaru panicked.

"There are always risks, but they're very low as long as we take it before it ruptures, if that happens it would make him a lot sicker." Hikaru sighed.

"Then we don't have a choice. Can I at least stay with him?"

"Typically we don't allow that but arrangements were made for you to be here so yes, we'll get you two settled shortly." She smiled encouragingly and left.

"Hikaru, are you okay?" Kaoru asked worriedly attempting to sit up. Hikaru pushed him back.

"Don't, you need to lie still so you don't hurt yourself. This isn't about me, You're more important." He pulled out his phone selecting the names of his fellow hosts before typing his message.

'Kaoru has Appendicitis, they're keeping him, I'll give more info as soon as I can.' After sendind the message he thought for a moment and once again typed.

"Thanks Kyoys Senpai, I appreciate you making those arrangements for me to stay."

A second later he rwceived a reply.

'You're welcome, take good care of him Hikaru, we need you two back as soon as possible... it's bad for business to lose our brotherly love act for too long." Hikaru smirked

"Of course senpai," He shook his head, anyone who really knew Kyoya could see what the message truly meant.